A Spectacular Showdown

A Spectacular Showdown

1959 ja 114 minutes

Rating: 5.8

Plot

One of the great stories from Japan’s rich history comes to life in this true tale of the bloody showdown between two rival yakuza gangs in the 1840’s. The battle between Boss Sukegoro of Iioka and Boss Shigezo of Sasagawa has been portrayed many times, most notably in the first Zatoichi film, where the blind man befriends the tubercular ronin Hirate Miki, before cutting him down in one of the great duels in cinema history. This all-star extravaganza pulls out all the stops, with appearances by virtually all of the great actors and actresses from Toei’s studio at the time. Ichikawa Utaemon’s portrayal of the kind-hearted, noble yakuza boss Shigezo of Sasagawa contrasts sharply with the devious Sukegoro of Iioka. Corrupt as he may have been, his men were all willing to give up their lives for him.

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Cast

Utaemon Ichikawa

Utaemon Ichikawa

Sasagawa no Shigezo

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Chiyonosuke Azuma

Kiyotaki no Sakichi

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Kinnosuke Nakamura

Sunosaki no Masakichi

Koinosuke Onoe

Koinosuke Onoe

Kotaro Satomi

Kotaro Satomi

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Sentarō Fushimi

Sentarō Fushimi

Keiko Yukishiro

Keiko Yukishiro

Satomi Oka

Satomi Oka

Keiko Okawa

Keiko Okawa

Hiromi Hanazono

Hiromi Hanazono

Chizuru Kitagawa

Chizuru Kitagawa

Hashizo Okawa

Hashizo Okawa

Nadare no Iwamatsu

Chiezō Kataoka

Chiezō Kataoka

Chuji Kunisada

Kazuo Ishii

Kazuo Ishii

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Tokinosuke Nakamura

Masao Hori

Masao Hori

Iwao Daimaru

Iwao Daimaru

Reiji Tsumura

Reiji Tsumura

Akira Tatematsu

Akira Tatematsu

Noboru Umezawa

Noboru Umezawa

Kazutarō Kuni

Kazutarō Kuni

Michisaburō Segawa

Michisaburō Segawa

Michimaro Otabe

Michimaro Otabe

Kajō Onoe

Kajō Onoe

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Kyoji Sugi

Kyoji Sugi

Shunji Sakai

Shunji Sakai

Eijirō Kataoka

Eijirō Kataoka

Hibari Misora

Hibari Misora

Yumiko Hasegawa

Yumiko Hasegawa

Eiko Maruyama

Eiko Maruyama

Harue Akagi

Harue Akagi

Harumi Matsukaze

Harumi Matsukaze

Yachiyo Kirishima

Yachiyo Kirishima

Yoshiko Yashioji

Yoshiko Yashioji

Tsukie Matsuura

Tsukie Matsuura

Shinobu Chihara

Shinobu Chihara

Kogiku Hanayagi

Kogiku Hanayagi

Kensaku Hara

Kensaku Hara

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Sōji Kiyokawa

Sōji Kiyokawa

Ushio Akashi

Ushio Akashi

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Kinnosuke Takamatsu

Koji Arima

Koji Arima

Kenji Kusumoto

Kenji Kusumoto

Yujiro Omi

Yujiro Omi

Masanori Takeda

Masanori Takeda

Hiroshi Kato

Hiroshi Kato

Kōtarō Nirei

Kōtarō Nirei

Tokumaro Dan

Tokumaro Dan

Kazuo Tokita

Kazuo Tokita

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Shin Tokudaiji

Shin Tokudaiji

Kunio Kaga

Kunio Kaga

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Denjirō Ōkōchi

Kenji Susukida

Kenji Susukida

Isao Yamagata

Isao Yamagata

Eitarō Shindō

Eitarō Shindō

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ryutaro Otomo

Ryutaro Otomo

Kodayu Ichikawa

Kodayu Ichikawa

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